There are two important male birthdays in December---my brother's and my brother-in-law's. Their birthdays are separated by exactly one week, and they often get the same card. That will be the case this year as well. I finished one of them yesterday just under the wire for the Inkspirational Photo Challenge which ends today, and later this weekend I'll make a second card.
All except the stamped sentiment and the background coverplate (Pinkfresh Studio's Snowflakes Coverplate) are from Papertrey Ink's Winter Globe set. Papertrey has two different globe sets, but this one seemed the most versatile to me. I have some ideas (which I hope you'll see soon) for using the globe with other die cuts in my collection.
The beautiful birch trees are a circle die cut and the snow (die cut with white shimmer cardstock) is adhered to the top of it. I ink blended the background with five different Distress Oxide Inks in purples and blues.
I die cut two of each deer and layered them for some dimension, but then added a small piece of dimensional tape in addition. The sentiment is from Ellen Hutson's Essentials line: Cake, which I embossed in silver on the bottom portion of the globe.
Hope your weekend is off to a good start! I'm hoping to get the house decorated for Christmas and get a little more crafting done.
